FLORIDA TODAY Business Briefs

The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra is partnering with The Avenue Viera to present a free holiday concert Saturday outside the AMC Theaters.

The program will include familiar holiday music selections, including Sleigh Ride, Christmas Festival, and other favorites. Youngsters will be invited on stage to try their hand at conducting. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be on hand. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets.

The program will include selections from the film scores of Sound of Music, Miracle on 34th Street, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Polar Express, and Star Wars. Youngsters in the audience will be invited on stage to try their hand at conducting during the free yuletide events designed for the young and the young at heart.

Eastern Florida State College recently received a donation of two fire engines from local fire departments.

The engines came from Brevard County Fire-Rescue and the Rockledge Fire Department, adding to an impressive array of equipment at EFSC’s state-of-the-art Fire Training Center on the Palm Bay campus.

“Thanks to the donation, we can simultaneously conduct basic recruit training and advanced training to provide municipalities throughout Brevard with well-trained firefighters,” said Bill Klein, Fire Science Program Manager. “The engines are another example of the college’s close relationship with Brevard’s fire departments, and we’re very grateful to have received them.”

The college opened its new Fire Training Facility in 2016 to train recruit-level and veteran firefighters for all 13 municipal fire departments in the county and Brevard County Fire-Rescue. The center includes a four-story rescue tower, two-story burn building to conduct live burns, a propane field with control center and an academic building with classrooms.

To learn more about the Fire Training Center and its programs, visit easternflorida.edu/go/fire

Computer classes set for Palm Bay Library

Palm Bay Public Library will be offering computer classes during December. The fee is $5 per class.

Registration is required. To find out the dates the classes.

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